---
title: Install octave on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of octave for on Arch Linux - Interactive programming
  environment for numerical computations
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/octave/arch
---

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# Install octave on **Arch Linux**

# octave

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/octave/arch#install)

#### Interactive programming environment for numerical computations

GNU Octave is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for
numerical computations. It provides capabilities for the numerical
solution of linear and nonlinear problems, and for performing other
numerical experiments. It also provides extensive graphics capabilities
for data visualization and manipulation. Octave is normally used through
its interactive command line interface, but it can also be used to write
non-interactive programs. The Octave language is quite similar to
Matlab so that most programs are easily portable.

### Package name

* octave

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 20 April 2022 - latest/stable
* 20 June 2022 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [www.octave.org](https://www.octave.org/ "https://www.octave.org/")

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### Contact

* [github.com/octave-snap/octave-snap/issues](https://github.com/octave-snap/octave-snap/issues "https://github.com/octave-snap/octave-snap/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/octave/arch#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install octave

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the [Arch User Repository (AUR).](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/)
The [manual build process](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) is the Arch-supported
install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the [prerequisites](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Prerequisites)
installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:

```
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

If [AppArmor](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AppArmor) is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service
```

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install octave

To install octave, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install octave
```

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